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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: robdirect on March 20, 2010, 06:02:25 PM
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Question.. Just got this device and I can't seem to have it just pop-up under snow leopard Shared? All other device that connect with Cat5e show up.. I'm I doing something wrong? Or this device doesn't pop-up..
Okay if I connect going through Cmd K it will show up without device name. but with local IP address only
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Hi fellow OS X'er,
To have the DNS-323 show up in finder, you need Bonjour running in the box. To do that, first update you firmware to 1.08. Then you can visit ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Multimedia/dns323/ (http://ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Multimedia/dns323/) and look for Bonjour APKG, download and decompress (Safari would have done that for you). Then, goto the web configuration menu item "Advanced", "Add-ons", upload the Bonjour package. When upload is done, click on the icon next to the list item Bonjour to start the service. Shortly after, the box should show up in Finder.
If you have DNS-323 iTunes server enabled, you may have two items listed under Bonjour in Safari, but one in Finder, and another in iTunes. BTW, the iTunes server user interface in DNS-323 is quite buggy. You may want to try Firefly (another APKG) now.
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thank you for the help.. It worked... thank you thank you again.. Question for you I'm new to the 323.. What are the fellow mac users using this device for?
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Nice! I wasn't sure if there was a Bonjour package available or not... likely because it's still in the beta directory (but I'll be giving it a try anyways).
As for what I am using this for, it's operating as a typical NAS where I can store stuff that I don't care to keep on the computers (PCs and Macs), though more useful is that it is also serving as the storage location for the Time Machine backups.
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Well, I find the gigabit ethernet NAS very useful, it make it possible to move iDVD projects there, keeping them accessible until the entire project complete. Keeping dmg where any mac can get to instead of re-downloading, these are things that you often need around but can afford to loose.
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One note about using DNS323 as "Time Capsule", for that matter, any NAS that is based on samba for sharing file system contents. You can probably google for the steps you have to perform to get "Time Machine" to backup to a samba NAS. However, be cautioned that this is not a good idea.
Think for a moment: What makes a good backup storage ? One, you can get your backup software (a.k.a Time Machine on OS X) to shove files into the storage for full backup quickly, and shove incremental changes without hassle. Two, when the archived device fails, allow one to restore easily without hassle (otherwise, one will suffer a heart attack!).
Why it is not a good idea to use a samba-based NAS for OS X Time Machine? You will likely suffer heart attack - during restore, you can only connect AFS volume when booted from OS X install disk.
You can use a samba-based NAS to work with Time Machine, only if you do not expect to perform a complete restore, but only as an online copy of historical copies of some files/directories.
There are other NAS in the market that support AFP, since this is a Dlink forum, I shall not offend them by promoting their competitors here, just use your fingers to help yourself, or put up request to dlink to support AFS (netatalk).
So, be warned.
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Hi fellow OS X'er,
To have the DNS-323 show up in finder, you need Bonjour running in the box. To do that, first update you firmware to 1.08. Then you can visit ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Multimedia/dns323/ (http://ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Multimedia/dns323/) and look for Bonjour APKG, download and decompress (Safari would have done that for you). Then, goto the web configuration menu item "Advanced", "Add-ons", upload the Bonjour package. When upload is done, click on the icon next to the list item Bonjour to start the service. Shortly after, the box should show up in Finder.
If you have DNS-323 iTunes server enabled, you may have two items listed under Bonjour in Safari, but one in Finder, and another in iTunes. BTW, the iTunes server user interface in DNS-323 is quite buggy. You may want to try Firefly (another APKG) now.
this is where you get the Bonjour link now:
http://station-drivers.com/page/dlink.htm (http://station-drivers.com/page/dlink.htm)
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I registered for the site for the sole purpose of thanking everyone here for the advice - followed your directions and they worked perfectly.
Thanks to all.
Greg
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Thanks for the help,
Different question would you be able to see the Device outside of your LAN?
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thank you for the help.. It worked... thank you thank you again.. Question for you I'm new to the 323.. What are the fellow mac users using this device for?
The Bonjour package does not seem to be available any more on d-link's ftp server.
If you guy's still have it somewhere, can you please send it to me and/or upload it somewhere here.
I would also be curious if it still works with fw 1.09 that I am running.
TIA and Cheers,
alex
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The Bonjour package does not seem to be available any more on d-link's ftp server.
If you guy's still have it somewhere, can you please send it to me and/or upload it somewhere here.
I would also be curious if it still works with fw 1.09 that I am running.
TIA and Cheers,
alex
I second that - I spent 90 minutes on the phone with DLink trying to get them to tell me what the deal was, with a big nothing to show for it. Level 3 support couldn't tell me where the file was, if Bonjour support was discontinued, why it was removed, etc. I'd really appreciate it if someone who still has the file would make it available.
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Just to clarify what was said by the second poster in this thread: D-Link's Bonjour package IS NOT REQUIRED to be running on your DNS-323 in order for it to show up in Finder on OS X. By default the DNS-323 broadcasts its shares over SMB protocol, which Finder in OS X fully supports (albeit buggily, at times).
This is why Windows and Linux network shares automagically pop up in Finder as well, since they, too, broadcast via SMB.
This Bonjour package may, however, broadcast/work more consistently with OS X than SMB does, which is why I want to try it.
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this is where you get the Bonjour link now:
http://station-drivers.com/page/dlink.htm (http://station-drivers.com/page/dlink.htm)
This is just linking back to the dead D-Link ftp link (ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Multimedia/dns323/Beta/Apps/dns323_bonjour_package_100_07292009.zip), btw.
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Question.. Just got this device and I can't seem to have it just pop-up under snow leopard Shared? All other device that connect with Cat5e show up.. I'm I doing something wrong? Or this device doesn't pop-up..
I am running 10.9 too and the dns-323 shows up just fine like any other SMB device and/or Windoze computer in my network connected to the Windoze WORKGROUP workgroup (sorry, Windoze lingo ...).
Make sure that the device is defined for the WORKGROUP workgroup (in Setup/Device in the web admin configuration) and it should show up just fine. Or change WORKGROUP to whatever Windoze workgroup you are using in your network and obviously can see on your Mac.
Although the SMB connection seems to be pretty fast I still would like to try out the official D-Link Bonjour/avahi alternative ...
Cheers,
alex
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When I was having problems connecting my DNS-323 to a Mac Mini, I had many of the same problems. In addition to FW 1.08, I found that restarting the DNS-323 after changes and then restarting OS X made my life much less frustrating and the two devices started working together.
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The Bonjour package is available via the link in this thread:
http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=14131.0 (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=14131.0)
Works like a champ on firmware 1.09 with OSX 10.6.x using the default SMB configuration.
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hi,
i have been using dns-323 for nearly a year now. overall i'm very pleased with it. got ssh ja transmission daemons working. not too noisy and just the right size to stash away in some shelf corner.
however, i have had some minor problems in the past and some major problems now.
1. sometimes copying of large files to dns-323 failed. it happened twice or so with some osx error messages which i have forgotten already, i used ftp instead and everything went fine. never had a problem reading files from dns-323. used only samba.
2. two days ago i was watching a movie from dns-323 on my imac. the playback froze, after a few seconds mounted share (Volume_1) disappeared from desktop and dns-323 disappeared from finder windows. i pinged nas' ip-address and got replies. web interface for configuration works fine. transmission daemon's web interface works fine. transmission daemon itself works fine. twonkymedia works fine. login over ssh works fine. login and file transfer over ftp works fine. when logged in over ssh i can see that samba daemon works. i can stop, start and restart it, no error messages appear. i installed bonjour on dns-323. nas reappeared in finder, both as bonjour and samba servers. i can connect to nas entering username and password and i see Volume_1 on both servers. when i try to open this share i get error message saying 'the operation can't be completed because the original item for Volume_1 can't be found.'
last major change in my setup was imac's upgrade from 10.5.8 to 10.6.4 but that happened some weeks ago. i get the same behaviour from 10.4.11 powermac and winxp laptop. dns-323's firmware is 1.08, funplug is maybe six months old (can't remember the version and don't know how to look it up). transmission daemon version 2.0 (10784).
so, considering i'm not too familiar with linux, where should i start looking?
update: when i create new share (for user or group, r/w or full access), the new share appears in finder, i can connect to dns-323 with correct credentials and i get exactly the same error message.
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so, today i finally got around to finish backing up my dns-323 and did factory reset. and guess what? absolutely nothing changed except for ip address and users got wiped. no access over samba, nfs, bonjour, not on windows or osx machines. ftp and transmission working fine as previously. so this sorry piece of nas (network attached s?it) is taking low trajectory..
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So basically, you got some error message you can't remember, loaded a bunch of software but you don't know what or if it is up to date, and you are blaming the NAS for being a piece of sh?t ??
Maybe you should try setting it up as it was designed to be run and see if it works poperly.
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aaaaaaaaahhhh, a response! not much reading my first post, but still.
the problem is that dns-323's samba share disappeared without any tinkering fom my part (if it ain't broke, don't fix it, yes?). i was watching a movie at the time. transmission and ssh daemons were installed months ago and were running just fine, just as was twonkymedia server. osx upgrade from leopard to snow leopard happened weeks ago without any change in behaviour at the time. and i do remember the error message when trying to access samba share, i even wrote it down for everyone to see.
copying large files to dns-323 over samba turned out to be well known issue since fw 1.04, resurfacing now and then with later firmwares. bonjour and nfs packages are provided by d-link, complete with instructions for install and setup.
so yes, basically, i'm new to linux and taking it slowly, but i'm not actually stupid, if that was the hint.
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My suggestion again is to set it up as it was designed to be run, remove the third party hacks and see if it works.
In regards to my "hint", I was simply suggesting there are better ways to ask for help with an issue than calling the product sh?t :)
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a bit of development in this situation:
finally i found myself some time to tinker a bit with this problematic nas (yes, i overreacted somewhat and thus saved it from destruction). what i did: i logged on via ftp and renamed fun.plug file. i wanted to delete funplug altogether, but i had no permissions to do it. then i restarted nas. so, the result is that funplug, transmission, twonky and ssh (the three started by funplug) stopped working. samba share reappeared on my imac desktop and seems to be working fine. no problems with permissions, no anomalies (at least not yet).
is there any difference restoring factory defaults by web interface and by hardware button? i need to clean up all funplug related and start over (this time i know better, what i need and what i don't).
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I believe there as a difference. First you need to record ALL your current settings on the NAS. You should be able to use the Grab utility, although I have not tried it. If you are at FW 1.08, you should use the GUI interface to go to TOOLS/SYSTEM and in the Defaults section, select 'Restore'. If you are not at 1.08, I think I would upgrade first.
After the system reboots you can connect as you did when you first purchased the system. There is no password for the admin user. Enter the same Workgroup and users you had previously. You should be good to go at this point. Personally, I like to sequentially restart the NAS using the TOOLS / SYSTEM / RESTART option, and then restart the Mac. I feel this ensures that there are on old settings that could possible cause an issue.
Peace
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i renamed fun_plug file again to it's correct name. everything works (twonky, transmission, ssh, and samba) but root password got destroyed somehow along the way. this is really getting interesting.
edit: and samba stopped working again.. i'll update this post after i've restored defaults and reinstalled fun_plug 0.5 with transmission, twonki and ssh again.